, 1887-03-17
With Our Exchanges

F.u. 4uaigDi THOUSAND peu-ia-crs il
d.. JuUoi States.
The "atamp"le pass" is to be changed
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I..a auuuuuc j that Il e tr.al %; Gee.
H. Mailer Is set f.r April u.
brL,s-eFs was eu,estained by Emper-
or Wj.um ou Wednesday.
St.L'ey's mea are going via of the
Congo to relieve Emcn hey.
The name Seasc, give place to Bu-
c-iA on the line Of y. p. rlilroad.
Christine NI!sseu was married this
week to Count Miranda, in Paris.
1t is believed That the anti -poligamy
bill will be the death blow to Mormor-
ism.
Tie rebels OF the Soudan are very ag-
gressive. They are marching northward
toward Egypt
The Oregon Improvement Co. is plan
ming tn build to Snoqualmie pass ahead
Of the ;. l. S. i E. Co.
Charleton II. Way. OF Virginia is ap-
pointed consul general of the United
States at st. Petersburg.
Gladstone has announced that he viii
lead in person the opposition to the
Coercion bill in Parliament.
Ottawa's ex-ofiiciuls are reported ser
ious!y Delinquent. Some of them are in
United States. They are retaliating.
The surgeyor-generaI of Washington
is to have 81, 800, with $4,000 for clerk
hire and 81, 800 for incidental expenses.
There are heavy pools Of eastern rail-
roads being formed preparatory to the
operation of the Interstate commerce
law.
Salem aud Seattle will fail to have
their free delivery system for postal mat
ter-just because the couutry is too
pooG(O
The Seattle & Eastern is preparing to
ask for bids on the second % miles of
their road. They expect to finish 30
miles this summer.
The Ca8adian fishing fleet will be
armed very heavily this season, as will
the American fleet, also. Not much
trouble is to be feared.
Mr. Louis Sohns has been appointed
one OF the trustees of the school for de-
fective youth at Vancouver, vice Gen. j.
w. Sprague, resigned.
a plaster cast OF the features OF Rev.
DR.. Beecher, will be made before the
funeral, preparatory TO statue 10 be
placed 10 Prospect park.
President Cleveland is reported as very
angry with Congressman Holman and
Randall, who voted to pass the depen-
dent pension bill over his veto.
Boi5e City Lad jubilee over the fail
ure of annexation. But Boise was not
to be annexed to Washington Territory.
Possibly she did not like Nevada.
Oleveluud's veto of the River and Har-
Dor bill will delay the opening of the
Columbia River flr at least two years.
OF course the railroad companies rejoice
with great joy.
The Seattle & Eastern have let the con
tract for the cutting and delivering OF
| 100000 cross ties ON the liue of their
road, the whole contract to be finished
10y July 10, 1887.
| Bismarck expects to annex Holland to
the German empire as his next peace
measure. OF course Holland iAay oh.
! ject just as Bavaria did, but it will rob.
ably do no good.
| The Canadian authorities al Ottawa
state that the report that they were pre-
pairing to retaiiate on American imports
was afraud, and they had taken no &C
ton looking in that direction.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe is one
year older than her deceased brother
Henry Ward. She is at present in Flor
liza in very feeble heRlth-nct able tt
,.ttend tie funeral of her brother.
It is affirmed that in case of a France
/ German war, France has every plan laid
to invade Germany by way of Belgium
| She proposes to start early and never
Stop until she fires the German empire
\ new freight steamer is being built
at San Francisco for the Columbia
River trade She Will be small, carrying
| but $50 900 feet of lumber. Length i2l
IT, beam 35 It, hold 10 IT. She will be
useful or that water.
We fail to find single endorseme nj
of the president for his pocket veto of
| tho River and Harbor bill. Every dem
ocratic sheet we have seen says it was 2
mistake. 1t looks ike it ends the sec
oud serm business for him.
AGENT the failure of ihe foftifcation n
/ bill it is found there is not money sufii-
cient to even pay watehman at any of
the shops Of the United States, Better
laugh about it aud tell all tue people
that if we must fight we prefer fists.
al. judges of the supreme court are the
sams as last year. Governor, S2750
supreme judge, $1,000. and subordinate
judges, $1,000. It looks like enough foi
good service, which We are happy to Say
We have been getting.
Mollis F.ippen, who was tue associate
of the notorious Carrie Bradley IN thu
murder of Brown, in Portland. few
years ago, and wto turned states evi
deace in the trial. was horribly burned
TO death IN Tacoma yesterday morning
She was a wild, wicked worlop, and he
death waS sGdden and terrible.
The remains Il DR.. Beecher were Car
riel from the house to Plymouth churcI
yesterday. Preceding the removal tn
service 81 tho Episr pal hurea was rsa,
~ F- IhaS. Il. ul'. n the Ghl Gu o
.tg Holy Trinity. The family Lad
% few friends with them. The bearse wa
fDliav-aI hy fba 13tb rayfnnapf os q W., n r.